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5 June 2017 at 10:13 pm #312606
I recently refurbished a 17″ wooden Fore plane that belonged to my late Grandfather.
He died over 40 years ago so it hadn’t been used for at least that long although from speaking with my Father I think it may have been nearer 50 years since it was in regular use.
Given the circumstances the body was quite dry with some cracking which was especially visible on the end grain. I cleaned it with fine OOO wire wool and a meths/boiled linseed oil mix then fed the wood with regular applications of blo over several months and the result is that almost all the cracking has healed.
With the iron sharpened it was good to take the first shavings for what could have been in almost half a century with the plane. I have not found it necessary to flatten the sole as after feeding it seems to have stabilised however I will lightly chamfer the sides and ends of the sole at some point.
I have several more wooden plane restorations on the go at the moment and now feed the wood with blo before taking the restoration further and if I need to work on the sole I would choose to use a very sharp #4 plane or possibly a #5 1/2 to do this depending on it’s size. -
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